September 2009
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LWVCT BOARD REPORT September 18, 2009
CALENDAR 2009
September 2009 9/22 LWV New Haven, et. al.: Regional Round Table Luncheon on Climate Change 9/22 LWV Greater Hartford Potluck Supper: Homelessness and Affordable Housing 9/22 LWV Ridgefield presents Regina Barreca on “Are Women Human?”: Keeler Tavern
October 2009 10/1 2nd-quarter PMP due 10/8 LWVCTEF workshop at Urban League 10/12 Columbus Day (office closed) 10/13 LWVCT/LWVCTEF Board meeting, Hamden 10/16 “News in Revue,” Fairfield
November 2009 In November the Hamden office is closed for Veterans’ Day and Thanksgiving week. 11/3 Election Day 11/10 LWVCT/LWVCTEF Board meeting, Hamden
December 2009 In December the Hamden office is closed for the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, inclusive. 12/5 LWVCTEF Fall Conference
Announcements “News in Revue” Fundraiser for Local Leagues
Want a quick way to make money for your League? Buy tickets to the “News in Revue” and enjoy the October 16 show! Your League will get $13 for each ticket sold to its members, and you’ll get to se a political satire that’s been called “Broad, roaring entertainment reminiscent of National Lampoon! ... an altogether charming 90-minute show with scenes that propel the evening to heights of helpless mania.” (NY Times) and “Exceedingly clever, insightful and vicious” (broadwayworld.com). Send your checks, made out to LWVCTEF, to the Hamden office, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Seating may be limited, so first come, first served.
LWV Greater Hartford Potluck Supper
On Tuesday, September 22, at 6:00 p.m., the LWV Greater Hartford will hold a Potluck Supper at the Lyceum Resource and Conference Center, 227 Lawrence Street. They will explore the topics of homelessness and affordable housing with Kate Kelly of the Partnership for Strong Communities and Joan Gallagher of Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp. A $5 suggested donation at the door will help offset incidental costs. RSVP to Elisa McCarthy, 523-8161, by September 16, 2009.
Death Penalty Abolition Day Campaign
A dozen Connecticut organizations, including the LWVCT, the ACLU, Amnesty International, the NAACP, etc., have organized “Abolition Day: Campaign to End the Death Penalty,” which will be launched at a Kickoff Rally on Sunday, Oct. 4th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Capitol. To reserve a seat on a bus from New Haven, Storrs, or Middletown, RSVP to www.CNADP.org; for more information e-mail ben.jones@cnadp.org or phone 860-231-1489.
Regional Round Table: “Climate Change in the American Mind”
The LWV of New Haven and the LWVs of Amity, Cheshire/Wallingford, Hamden/North Haven, and East Shore invite you to a Regional Round Table Luncheon Buffet at the Graduate Club, 155 Elm Street, New Haven, at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, September 22. The cost is $15.00, to be paid at the door. The featured speaker will be Anthony Leiserowitz, Director, Yale Project on Climate Change, and his topic will be “Climate Change in the American Mind.” Please let Margot Kohorn of LWV New Haven know if you are coming – 203-795-3151.
Bus Rapid Transit Symposium from LWVCT Director Karen Burnaska, (203) 261-9243
Join state elected officials, bus transit experts and transportation advocates on: Thursday, October 15, 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon, in Room 2B at the Legislative Office Building, Hartford for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Symposium. The Keynote Speaker will be Mr. Joseph Calabrese, Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Cleveland Transit Authority. Mr. Calabrese will present an overview of Cleveland’s HealthLine System. The Symposium will also include presentations of BRT projects in the tri-state region and a discussion of the role of BRT in overall transportation and land use planning.
For further information or to register for the symposium, contact Ryan Lynch at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, rlynch@tstc.org or 860-796-6988.
NYC Climate Change Rally
Oxfam America will be running a rally in Central Park this Sunday, September 20. They will be bringing together between 200 and 1,000 people to bring attention to the fight for a climate treaty. The event will occur just before the UN GA starts the next day. You can visit their website to learn more: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/campaigns/climate-change/human-countdown. Oxfam has offered to recognize the League in some way if we can try to have some members participate in the event. If you choose to attend or bring folks to the event please wear a League T-shirt or pin to make sure everyone knows whom you’re with.
“Are Women Human?” Q&A
LWV Ridgefield will host well-known humorist Regina Barreca doing a discussion and Q&A on “Are Women Human?” at the Keeler Tavern Garden House on Sept. 22. If you’re interested, call Diane Polsky at 203-438-7937, or e-mail her at polsky@snet.net. League Communications Listening Sessions
The LWVCT Board is looking for guidance on the direction the state League should take in the future, above and beyond the formal input you give us every second year on Program. Are there things that LWVCT should be doing for your League that it’s not? At the state level, are our priorities right?
Would your League or Board be willing to sit down with a current LWVCT Board member to discuss this? If so, please contact the Hamden office. We’ll send someone out to meet with you.
Newsletter Exchange
Would your League consider posting your newsletter/bulletin/Voter on the internet? This would make it possible for other Leagues and for prospective members to see what you’re doing. If you’re interested, in if you’re using the LWVCT’s web services, send your bulletin to lwvct@lwvct.org with instructions to post. We’ll take care of the rest.
For those of you sending your bulletins/newsletters to the Hamden office in hard copy, switching to electronic distribution should save you money. (If you want to send hard copy anyhow, one copy of each newsletter is sufficient – the days of needing more than that have passed.)
Calendars
Help! The LWVCT master calendar has gotten woefully behind. Please e-mail us your 2009-2010 schedule of activities, with special mention of upcoming debates and forums (and fundraisers, if you’d like participation by members of other Leagues). We’ll post everything on our website. Thanks!
90th Anniversary Activities Historical Materials Available?
We’re still asking if you have any photos, documents, banners or other material we might be able to use in our display at the Capitol this coming January. If so, please e-mail the Hamden office at lwvct@lwvct.org – we’re collecting things now.
Can You Help Us Find Items to Auction?
Do you have any questions about helping us find gift certificates and services to offer for our early-2010 90th Anniversary fund-raising auction? Call or e-mail the Hamden office.
Election Laws Study Study Reminder
As you all know by now, the LWVCT is undertaking a new state study on campaign-related issues. The study is being chaired by Christine Horrigan and will cover: 1) procedures for certifying candidates for inclusion on the ballot, 2) the state election calendar timelines and 3) the examination of the methods for filling US senate vacancies.
Study group membership is open to any interested League member. If you’d like to be on the study committee, please contact Christine Horrigan or Jean Rabinow. The committee will begin meeting in September.
Public Issues Team Report by the Public Issues Team Specialists
The September Public Issues Team Report is being postponed until after the budget implementer session On September 23 and 24.
Membership Offering: Lapsed-Member Letters and Databases
The LWVCT office remains ready to help your League contact lapsed and inactive members – we can design a “please re-join” letter to your needs. Interested? Phone 203-288-7996 or e-mail lwvct@lwvct.org.
Don’t know who your lapsed members are? The LWVCT database now goes back more than a decade. We can send you a grid.
Working With the Membership Database
If you need help updating your League’s roster of officers or entering new members’ names into the LWVUS database, call or e-mail the LWVCT office. We’ll be glad to help. If you’re already experienced in using the US database, just drop Jean Rabinow an e-mail note when you make changes to your roster, so that we can keep the LWVCT database updated to match your local and LWVUS data.
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